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BBybit vs Kraken
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Bybit if…
- you're in its core audience: crypto traders, derivatives traders
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Choose Kraken if…
- you work on iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: retail crypto investors, active and leveraged traders
Side by side
Feature Bybit Kraken
Pricing modelPaidPricing unknown
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, API
CompanyBybitPayward, Inc. · since 2011
Full feature lists
B Bybit
- Spot trading for crypto and fiat pairs
- Spot margin trading
- Perpetual and futures contracts
- Options trading
- Tiered VIP fee program updated daily
- MNT token fee discounts
- Trading bots and copy trading
- API order placement
K Kraken
- 600+ crypto trading pairs
- 11,000+ stocks and ETFs (U.S. only)
- Perpetual futures with up to 10x leverage
- Staking and auto earn on assets
- Recurring buys (dollar cost averaging)
- Self-custody multi-chain wallet
- Kraken CLI for traders and AI agents
- OTC trading and institutional custody via Prime
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
Bybit · bybit.com
Kraken · kraken.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Bybit
Non-VIP spot0.10% maker / 0.10% taker
Non-VIP derivatives0.02% maker / 0.055% taker
Supreme VIPSpot 0.03% maker / 0.045% taker
Kraken
Pricing unknown. Plan details aren't published.
Strengths and limitations
Bybit
- Low base derivatives maker fee of 0.02%
- VIP tiers bring perpetual maker fees to 0%
- Spot, margin, futures and options on one platform
- Fiat-crypto spot pairs start at a higher 0.20% taker fee
- Fee rates may vary by region
- MNT discount excludes API, bot and copy-trading orders
Kraken
- Operating since 2011, with $2T+ in reported transaction volume
- Over 600 crypto pairs plus stocks and ETFs
- Trade on the web, in the mobile app, or through the API and CLI
- Publishes proof of reserves
- Stock trading is available only in the U.S. and not in every state
- Products and features vary by region because of geographic restrictions
- UK cryptoasset services are unregulated and not covered by the FSCS
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